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REPUBLICAN UP BY ONE POINT NATIONALLY, FIRST LEAD SINCE CONVENTION
The headline at the top of the Drudge Report is heralding the arrival of the John McCain comeback, as the Republican presidential nominee will take his first national lead over Democrat Barack Obama in more than a month.
Pollster John Zogby says his firm Zogby International will [...]

FRANKENBAMACLINT, OTHER DEMOCRATS, PROVIDE ALL THE SCARINESS TPS NEEDS
With the election only four days away and my free time severely limited to absolute zero, I didn’t even realize today was Halloween. Actually, the only reason I even knew today was Friday was because I counted backward four days from next Tuesday. Severe sleep [...]

GOP TRUST SEEKING FUNDS TO ‘SATURATE TELEVISION’ WITH OBAMA-WRIGHT CONNECTION
With only four full days left in the presidential race and polls tightening nationally and in battleground states, there is still hope that America will elect a proven reformer who will truly shake up Washington in John McCain and avoid electing a frightening socialist [...]

NEW ENGLAND LIBERAL RAG SAYS THEY’RE AFRAID OF DAWSON
South Carolina’s Republican Party Chairman Katon Dawson has done a lot to improve the status of the GOP in South Carolina. He has taken crucial issues like school choice and offshore drilling and helped incorporate them into the party platform.
So I guess that makes Dawson “scary” [...]

BURGER ALLEGEDLY STABBED LOVER 222 TIMES BEFORE COMMITTING SUICIDE
I can’t imagine what would motivate someone to stab their lover 222 times with a Phillips-head screwdriver, but that’s what police in Florida said a writer for the liberal online news site “Huffington Post” did last week. Carol Anne Burger, an election correspondent for HuffPo, [...]

‘BRAD’ GOT A LITTLE TIPSY, CALLED CAMPAIGN SUPPORTERS
I’m not sure what’s going on over at the Florida campaign headquarters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, but somebody needs to put Google’s new anti-drunk software on their phones.
Someone named “Brad” apparently got a little hammered and began making phone calls in support of Obama, and the [...]

SENATOR ATTACKS OPPONENT FOR ‘GODLESS AMERICA’ FUNDRAISER
In the heated race for North Carolina Senate, incumbent Elizabeth Dole released what will likely be her last television ad, this one attacking challenger Kay Hagan for believing in a “Godless America.”
“A leader of the Godless Americans PAC recently held a secret fundraiser in Kay Hagan’s honor,” [...]

TPS HAVING DIFFICULTIES OF THE TECHNICAL VARIETY
I apologize if you’ve stopped by The Palmetto Scoop over the last day or two and gotten the obnoxious error message screen. It appears our server has been on overload.
Anyway, the problem has hopefully been fixed. If it happens again, just bear with me.
In the meantime, the [...]

SOMEONE WANTS VOTERS TO THINK POWERS-NORRELL REALLY LIKES TEH GAYS, ABORTION
I’ve been doing my best to stay out of the extremely nasty Senate District 16 race because I’m trying to play nice with hair-trigger blogger Will Folks and his client Rep. Mick Mulvaney. But the latest bit of trash thrown at Democrat [...]

LIBERAL’S TAX PLAN HAS DOLPHINS OWNER HURRYING SALE OF TEAM
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and his awesome tennis shoes were in Pennsylvania today courting the state’s 21 electoral votes as polls there tightened up.
Down in Florida though, Miami Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga was just trying to keep his pair of “Air Obama’s” (now with more [...]